Notes for Identification: Variegated japanese mock orange (pittosporum tobira 'variegatum') is a large shrub or small tree, usually rounded and dense, with erect, sturdy, congested stems and alternate, obovate, leathery leaves, 1 1/4" long, lustrous and deep green with irregular white margins above, paler beneath, and with recurved margins. Source: various sources including the american horticultural society a to z encyclopedia of garden plants and the usda